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G. E. PALMER..

GASING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNI'. 6, 1910.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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G. E. PALMER.

GASING. APPLICATION FILED JUNE s, 1910.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

GRANVILLE E. PALMER, 0F WINCHESTER, MASSACHSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 THE METROPOLITAN ENGINEERING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.'

` CASING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedAug. 20, 1912.

Application ined June e, 1910. serial 110,565,199.

vTo all whom t may concern:

Be it knownl that I, GRANVILLE E. PAI.-

MER, a citizen of the United States, residing-l 'Ihev invention relates to protective cas Ings for electric meters and cut-out devices electrically connected thereto, and consists in the construction hereinafter described, whereby the locking in place of a cover pre'- ventsaccess to the connections of the meter and cut-out block, and to a switch interposed. i n said connections, whereby the meter and the port-ion of said casing inclosing the same may .be removed, and the'cut-out device still remain protected by the remaining portion of the casing, and whereby the switch may be manipulated while said Casing is in place.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l shows a front elevation of the casing in connection with a meter; Fig. 2 shows the same with the covers and fastening means removed;l Fig. 3 shows a vertical vsection of the same on the line Fig. 1; Fig. 4

shows an upward projection; Fig. 5 shows a perspective view of the closing slide; Figs. 6 and 7 show details of the slide`in place,

and Fig. 8 shows a detail of a screw fas' tener.`

Upon a base 1 are secured a meter -6 and a cut-outer connection block 2. The main leads 8 are connected to the terminals A, A

on said block, the load leads 9 are connectedto the terminals B, B', the meter leads 10 are connected to the terminals C, C', and the meter leads 11 are connected to the terminals D, D. In-the leads 10 a rotary switch 3 is interposed, said switch having cover 4 and an operating shaft and han- The -wall of the rectangular casing for the meter and connection block is made in two U-shaped sections or frames 12 and 14, the ends of which are approximated. The meter is received in frame 14, and the `concross pieces 15, 15 are arranged in frame nection block in frame 12. In frame 12l 14 and secured to the base in like manner. The edges of bar 15 protrude beyond the frame 14 and are received between the-wall` of frame 12 and metal strips 16, secured on the inner sides of the turned up ends of the bar 18 which is adjacent to said bar 15.

The frame 14 is provided with a cover 24, having an opening 25 which receives a projection 18 onthe wall of said frame, and

also an opening through which the meter' protrudes. Frame v12 also has a cover 26, which when in place extends over theedge of cover 24. In cover 26 are openings to receive projections 2O and 21 on the wall of frame '12,-an opening 29 registering with the cover. of switch 3 but somewhat smaller in diameter, and in an end'flange, another opening to receive a projection 28 on the end wall of said frame. The cover 24 is secured in place by the overlapping edge of cover 26 andby `a seal fastening 19, the shackle ofwhich passes through a slot in lprojection 18. The cover 26 is secured in place by engagement, as described, with projection 28, and bythe insertion 4of a locking bar 22 in slots in the projections 20, 21. One end of said baris bent over, as shown at 22, andin the other end is a slot which receives the shackle of a seal fastening 23.` f

It will be obvious that the foregoing casing completely protects the connection block and its terminals, the joints between the meter Ileads and the meter, the. switch 3, and the meter leads, while permitting the meter to be read and the switch to be op'-l erated, and that access Ato said parts cannot be had without removing cover 26 which can be done only after breaking the VSeal It is frequently desirable to remove fthe meter, and still leave the connection block rotected by. a casing, so that unauthor- Ized connections cannot be made with it.

This I accomplish in the following' manner:

On 'the Ystrips 16 are projections 17 which engage with ianges 17 on the under side of a sliding cover 17". When the meter and frame 14 are removed, cover 17.' may be slid into place,'closing the otherwise open side of frame 12. The cover 26 when in position, extends over the outer edge of cover 17h, thus preventing the withdrawal of cover 17".

In order to preventremoval of the meter cover, the attaching screws 7 therefor have piece closing the open side of said '.rame,

a cover for said frame extending over the outer edge of said sliding piece, and means for locking said coverl to said frame. v

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a base, a connection block thereon, a wall embracing said connection block, a cover therefor, a meter on `said base electrically connected to said block, a sec'- ond wall removably secured to said base, a second cover engaging said second wall and extending beneath the top portion of said first cover, said second wall and cover embracing said meter, a switch located beneath said first cover and electrically interposed between said meter and said block on the line side of said meter, said first cover having a perforation whereby the actuating means of said switch are accessible, and means for securing said rst cover to its wall.

3.'Thev combination of a base, a meter having a cover, securing screws therefor whose exposed surfaces have non-circular sections, a wall secured to said base sur- 'rounding said meter, a cover secured to said wall and through which said meter extends, and fastening clips engaging vsaid screws and extendingbeneath said cover so as to be retained thereby, land-means for sealing said cover -in engagement with said wall.

Ll. The combination of `a base, a Usshaped wall secured theretoa second U-shaped wall also secured to said base and separate from said irst wall, overlapping covers for said walls, means engaging the outermost cover for securing said covers to said walls, said lirst wall having4 at its upper ends a surface' lbeneath said cover and adapted to retain a slide closing the opening between its .cover and said base, GRANVILLE E. PALMER. Witnesses:

H. A. HART, 

